//BeanCipher - Bean Cipher Security Layer
//Copyright (C) 2005 Raul Alfredo Bajales
//
//This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
//modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
//License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
//version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
//
//This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
//but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
//MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
//Lesser General Public License for more details.
//
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//License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
//Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
package ar.com.rab.beancipher.spi;



/**
 * Manages the mapping between bean class name and the bean descriptors,
 * in other words, for a given bean class name, it can returns a bean descriptor
 * indicating the corresponding property cipher and the list of properties to
 * be ciphered / deciphered.
 * 
 * @author Bajales Raul
 */
public interface IBeanMapping {
    
    /**
     * Adds a bean descriptor to the mapping.
     * 
     * @param descriptor
     */
    public void addMapping(IBeanDescriptor descriptor);

    /**
     * Returns the corresponding bean descriptor for the given class name.
     * 
     * @param beanClassName
     * @return IPropertyCipher
     */
    public IBeanDescriptor getDescriptorFor(String beanClassName);

}